2026 Dot Foods — 6,374 individuals (email account compromise)
Data compromised
Names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, government IDs
Technical writeup
Dot Foods, Inc. and Dot Transportation, Inc. (Illinois food distribution) discovered suspicious activity in employee email accounts December 3, 2025. Unauthorized actor accessed emails December 3-4, 2025; by December 15 identified an attachment with sensitive employee data was accessed. Affected 6,374 U.S. individuals (including Maine and Massachusetts residents). Exposed: names, SSNs, possibly DOB, addresses, government IDs. Employees notified December 17, 2025; consumer mail notifications January 7, 2026. Two years Norton LifeLock credit monitoring offered; FBI notified.
Root cause
Employee email account compromise